We're reading a lot about the candidates and the media this election season. But what are they reading? At google.com/powerreaders now you can track the news sites and blogs Barack Obama and John McCain read (from Drudge to The Daily Show) and follow articles catching the eyes of leading political journalists. Both the McCain and Obama presidential campaigns and leading political journalists are using Google Reader to keep up with their favorite new sites and blogs as well as share articles that interest them. You can follow shared articles and blog posts, or you can add participants' reading lists or shared news feeds to your own Reader account.

We're pleased to include the following contributors in our launch:

Obama and McCain campaigns

Mike Allen, POLITICO

Chuck DeFeo, Townhall

John Dickerson, Slate

Mark Halperin, TIME

Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post

Ruth Marcus, Washington Post

Jon Meacham, Newsweek

Patrick Ruffini, The Next Right

Visit google.com/powerreaders to stay up to date on what the political gurus are reading -- so you too can become one by November.